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CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT CO-SAVINGS
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(d) the entitlement of a female employee or self-employed woman to any payment under section 9;
(e) the entitlement of an employer to reimbursement from the Government under section 10 or 11; or
(f) such other matter under Part II or III as the Minister may determine,

shall be referred to the Minister for decision within one month from the date on which the question or dispute arises or such other later time as the Minister may allow.

(2) The decision of the Minister under subsection (1) shall be final and conclusive.

Notification of change of residence

15.—(1) Every parent of a member shall notify the Minister of any change in his place of residence.

(2) Every parent who makes a report of the change of his place of residence under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) shall be deemed to have complied with subsection (1).

False or misleading statement

16.—(1) Any person who for any purpose connected with this Act—

(a) knowingly makes any false or misleading statement; or
(b) produces or furnishes or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished any document which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(2) Where a person has been convicted by the court of having made any false or misleading statement or having produced or furnished any document which is false or misleading in any material particular under subsection (1), the court may order that person to make restitution of any moneys paid out to that person by the Government in reliance of the false or misleading statement or document.